Modular password hashing with pwhash
When building web applications, we usually also have to store user authentication data. When doing so, there’s generally two choices: Either we use an external authentication provider like OAuth, or we store passwords for our users in our database. This blog post focuses on how to do the latter correctly. Password hashing basics Before we dive into the specifics of the pwhash library, we briefly discuss the basics of what we need to be...
Feb 1, 2018 — 8 minute(s) read